When I open a properties file it now defaults to using the Red Hat Properties Editor. Any properties file I open with that editor immediately has all of the equals signs, between property names and value, stripped out. While the property/value pairings still parse correctly for the Red Hat Properties Editor, of course they break in anything else.

1) It definitely breaks the resource bundle editor plugin. I know properties files can have the property names and values seperated by a space (and I think a colon if I remember right), but I've never seen anyone NOT use the equals sign. Any reason you've moved to spaces as default?

2) will do! Thanks.

3) yes, that's what I had to do. I actually just changed my file association.

So I will definitely file a bug with the resource bundle editor, so that it will support the spec better, but I would also like to file a Jira ticket asking that the Red Hat editor preserve the existing separations if they are legal.